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Simply amazed by the fact that something similar to "star trackers" as we know them today goes back to the 60s...
by comandillos 3y ago
Simply amazed by the fact that something similar to "star trackers" as we know them today goes back to the 60s...
- dylan604 3y agoum, doesn't the sextant go back much much further than the 60s?
- BHSPitMonkey 3y agoI think GP finds it impressive that the technology enabling a device to _automatically_ resolve its position (simply by looking up at the sky) goes back this far. It impresses me, at least.
- fragmede 3y agoActually, '94. 994, that is.
- oh_sigh 3y agoSextants don't track stars. They just measure altitude and leave it up to a human to line everything up, measure it correctly, time it correctly, then look up the right data in a log book.